i started to reflect on it the other day how it was like,some great honor to go down there,and be jammed into this tiny space with maybe eight others and try to play cards or some board game. and try to be quiet at the same time.nice view of the city though. i used to think of all the people down there who spend so much on rent,or a mortgage to live down there and the bethelites basically live there for free.
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Remember being invited to a bethel room?
by knight ini started to reflect on it the other day how it was like,some great honor to go down there,and be jammed into this tiny space with maybe eight others and try to play cards or some board game.
and try to be quiet at the same time.nice view of the city though.
i used to think of all the people down there who spend so much on rent,or a mortgage to live down there and the bethelites basically live there for free.
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What if the elders dont come see you at all?
by knight ini was looking at the post of,another member here and he stated how he hates when the elders come to harass his wife for not coming to the meetings,but what if they never come?
my wife has been missing from the meetings for almost a year now due to illness,and i have been missing the meetings dueto my relocating after the 9/11 attacks we get a phone call once every 2 months from one elder,and thats about it.we got a shepherding call only out of fear of what the circuit overseer might say to them for not seeing us.what to do?
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I was looking at the post of,another member here and he stated how he hates when the elders come to harass his wife for not coming to the meetings,but what if they never come? my wife has been missing from the meetings for almost a year now due to illness,and i have been missing the meetings dueto my relocating after the 9/11 attacks we get a phone call once every 2 months from one elder,and thats about it.we got a shepherding call only out of fear of what the circuit overseer might say to them for not seeing us.what to do?
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i am new
by knight ini have read the various posts here an i have my own story to tell i amstill a witness not as active as i used to be but stillfaithful i think the main problem that jws have is that they put c.o's m.s's elders and the like on pedestals and when you do that you set yourself up for a letdown and when that person does something you dont think is right you are letdown but one should not let this block his/her relationship with jehovah.
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true no one should go through mere man but one is made stronger with encouragement through those with a similiar love for jehovah and thats what jehovahs organization is about
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i am new
by knight ini have read the various posts here an i have my own story to tell i amstill a witness not as active as i used to be but stillfaithful i think the main problem that jws have is that they put c.o's m.s's elders and the like on pedestals and when you do that you set yourself up for a letdown and when that person does something you dont think is right you are letdown but one should not let this block his/her relationship with jehovah.
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i have read the various posts here an i have my own story to tell i amstill a witness not as active as i used to be but stillfaithful i think the main problem that jws have is that they put c.o's m.s's elders and the like on pedestals and when you do that you set yourself up for a letdown and when that person does something you dont think is right you are letdown but one should not let this block his/her relationship with jehovah.
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My Exit
by Big Jim inmy name is jim,i have been in a slow but now i feel complete process of removing myself from the chains of mind control.. before i left i was a ministerial servant as well as a regular aux pioneer, i also had book study in my home along with sat.
morning field service.
unfournatley i was raised in the non-truth since i was 8 years old, i refused to get babtized as a youth because even then i felt like things were not like they really should be from a relegion that claims to have love among themselves as well as love for neighbor.. at the age of 16 i started to rebell against the non-truth with the result being that i did not want to be a witness i could not live in my loving witness parent household.
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i have read many of the posts some i have found amusing some sad and some very true i am still a jw and i must admit my activity has slowed down my wife also a lot of the posts here sound similiar: raised in the truth bapt at 10 left at 22 glad i did and such and i think what a lot of the people on here went through similiar situations like my wife she put elders in her old congr p.o's and c.o's on a pedestal and she was in awe of them that is until she became ill and no one came to see her this occured while we were dating and when i questioned her p.o he lied and said he did go see her but he didnt and i think thats the main problem instead of viewing these men as mere mortals we give them the status of god so of course you are setting yourself up for a fall rather put your faith in jehovah not a man of flesh and blood i think you will all be better to deal with life when that fact is recognized i know i am and there are a lot of things my wife and i have to work on but i would rather do this with jehovah in our life than without him i was m.s until my privledges were taken away 3 years ago but i am still active in the congregatin working in diff areas of responsibility what the future holds is between jehovaqh and myself never let a man/woman disrupt your relationship with jehovah